Cake and pie piecer



April l, 1941. F, c, McGlLL 2,236,626

.CAKE AND PIE PIECER Filed Aug. 29, 193B Patented Apr. l, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CAKE AND PIE PIECER Franklin C. McGill, Point Pleasant, N. J.

Application August 29, 1938, Serial N0. 227,349

1 Claim.

The herein described invention relates to a set of piecers, and one of the objects thereof is to provide means for assistance in cutting pies or cakes into portions of equal size; for instance, 5, 6, or 7 portions.

Another object is to provide the proper members in which there are no movable or removable parts to become unworkable; no attached knives to be protected or sharpened; no covered portions to hinder in the washing or cleaning of the piecers, and no parts to set and lock to perform the work, making the invention one that can be used at any time.

The piecers can be constructed of aluminum or like material, or of wood, and as can be seen the piecers are sanitary, mathematically correct; the manufacturing cost is small, and no complicated or loose parts to-become separated, worn, destroyed, or lost in any manner.

While the foregoing explains the general purpose and objects of the invention, other objects and advantages will appear in the specifications that follow, in which the novel features, construction, and arrangement will be brought out, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating numerals, is illustrated the preferred form of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as minor changes may be made without departing from the principle of the invention, or sacrificing any of its advantages; in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view showing the indicating means either etched, stamped, or scored in the top shaped member. Downwardly extending bayonet shaped members, when used, are shown by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a. top plan view showing the means by which a cutting knife can be guided into a cake. Downwardly extending bayonet shaped members are shown by dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the top shaped member, showing a downwardly extending bayonet shaped member.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the shaped top member, showing one of the indicating means as shown in Fig. 2.

The numeral II indicates the circular shaped top member of the set of piecers which can be constructed of any stii material, either wood or I metal. Downwardly extending bayonet shaped members I2 are secured to the underside of the shaped top member, supporting the sameabove a cake or pie to be portioned. An opening 8 is provided in order to suspend the set oi' vpiecers out of the way when not in use. The numeral 9 indicates mathematically located means or markers in or on-the face of the shaped top member and extending to the outer edge thereof, which can be drawn, scratched, etched, or stamped, or, as shown in Fig. 2, cut out at I0 for predetermined distances toward the center Where the end of the opening is curved at I3 in order to more readily keepl the device from co1- lecting foreign matter. The similar lengths of the various openings indicating the size of the portions to be marked and cut, and are further indicated by the various numerals 9 on the face of the shaped top member.

The operation or use of the piecer set, which, having no parts to put together in order to use the device, is quite simple. Fig. 1 illustrates one of the set, consisting of a member II of suitable diameter which can either rest upon three permanently attached downwardly extending bayonet shaped members I2, of a necessary height, or can be used Without such supports, as the article to be portioned is set upon the shaped member with the indicating lines, 9, extending beyond the outer edge of the cake or pie. 'Ihe other of theset, as illustrated in Fig. 2, is constructed'to be placed above the article, and a knife, any kitchen or table knife is placed in part I0, beginning with any one of the numerals indicating the number of portions needed, at the curved terminal; the knife cuts down into the cake to the bottom as well as the outer edge, and repeated at similar indicating numeral. When finished, the user lifts the device, which has not come into contact with the pie or cake, and suspends it by means of the'opening 8.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

kA cake or pie piecer comprising a disc shaped member having an upper and lower surface. indicating means extending through the disc including several series of circumferentially spaced radically disposed slots opening at the circumference of the disc and having their inner terminals concave about axis parallel to the axis of the disc, each series of slots having their inner termini at an equal distance from the center of the disc but the termini of different series being different distances from the center of the disc, identifying marks on the upper surface of the disc corresponding to said several series of slots, and bayonet shaped supporting members extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the disc and spaced about the periphery thereof to support the disc immediately overthe center of a cake or pie to be sliced. 

